Experience

Catalyst for Change Montana
• Program Director

  • Jun 2023 - Present


Bluestar Audio

• Managing Director, Co-Founder

  • May 2020 - Present

  Bluestar is a small audio production company in Helena, MT with a focus on narrative based site-specific audio tours. Bluestar is a small audio production company in Helena, MT with a focus on narrative based site-specific audio tours.


Helena Area Habitat for Humanity
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Engagement

  • Nov 2022 - May 2023


Grandstreet Theatre

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jul 2012 - Nov 2022

  For ten years it was my great privilege to lead one of the finest community theatres in America. During my tenure at Grandstreet, we doubled the size of the budget, added a scene shop, three new staff positions and $800,000 to our strategic operating reserves. We doubled our number of season pass holders and improved the artistic quality of our performances. In addition to serving as the face of the organization, I was the primary staff member responsible for Development, Marketing, H.R., Facility Management, and Board Leadership. I was responsible for three separate capital campaigns to improve the facility and raised over 3 million dollars through sponsorships, donations and grants for the theatre. Show less



SOVRN - A creative agency

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Casting Director

  • Sep 2019 - Jan 2022

  SOVRN is a strategic branding, marketing and digital creative agency. I served as the casting director for three separate ad campaigns. SOVRN is a strategic branding, marketing and digital creative agency. I served as the casting director for three separate ad campaigns.



Carroll College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Collaborative Instruction, Spring of 2021, Acting Shakespeare Collaborative Instruction, Spring of 2021, Acting Shakespeare



the for/word company

• Iraq
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Actor - Off Broadway Production - NORTH

  • Oct 2007 - Oct 2012

  AEA Contract - Charles Lindbergh Written, co-devised and directed by Jennifer Schlueter. Built entirely out of the writings of its central characters, North explores Anne Morrow Lindbergh's (wife to aviator Charles) fascination with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (author of The Little Prince), as well as her struggle to orient herself, to reconcile motherhood with work and love with duty, and to articulate the responsibility of the artist to a world sunk in war. https://www.59e59.org/shows/show-detail/north/ Show less



New Players Theatre

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts

• Director

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2012

  King Lear - Director - New Players Theatre - Mill Run Amphitheater King Lear - Director - New Players Theatre - Mill Run Amphitheater



Whistling in the Dark Theatre Co.

• Managing Director

  • Jul 2007 - Jul 2012

  I was responsible for the day-to-day administration of a small critically acclaimed theatre company in Columbus Ohio. I functioned as the principal communication hub and producer for each production and was responsible for all financial matters including budgeting, rentals, sales and payroll. I managed the artistic office and oversaw the cast, crew and designers for each production. I had a primary role in season selection, long range planning, marketing and grant writing. Additionally, I spearheaded our sustainability objectives and authored our “Green Theatre Initiative.” Under my leadership WITD grew into an award winning theatre company, won multiple grants and partnered with the Royal Shakespeare Company in their inaugural season of STAND UP FOR SHAKESPEARE AMERICA. Show less



The Ohio State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty - Department of Theatre

  • Dec 2010 - Jun 2012

  Acting and Online Intro to Theatre The Ohio State University - Department of Theatre Acting and Online Intro to Theatre The Ohio State University - Department of Theatre



The Ohio State University At Marion

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adjunct Faculty - Department of Theatre

  • Aug 2009 - Jun 2012

  Acting, Introduction to Theatre and Theatre History The Ohio State University - Marion and Delaware - Department of Theatre Acting, Introduction to Theatre and Theatre History The Ohio State University - Marion and Delaware - Department of Theatre



CATCO

• United States
• Construction

• Actor

  • Jan 2012 - Feb 2012

  Actor - Jacob Rubenstein - The Rubenstein Kiss by James Phillips AEA Contract Actor - Jacob Rubenstein - The Rubenstein Kiss by James Phillips AEA Contract



The Ohio State University - Department of Theatre

• Outreach Facilitator

  • 2011 - 2011

  I served as facilitator for the MFA Acting program’s partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Festival and local K-12 teachers. I was responsible for coordinating the partnership and facilitating the actors as they crafted an original piece of theatre based on their interactions with the teachers. I served as facilitator for the MFA Acting program’s partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Festival and local K-12 teachers. I was responsible for coordinating the partnership and facilitating the actors as they crafted an original piece of theatre based on their interactions with the teachers.



The Arts Initiative at Ohio State - The Royal Shakespeare Company: Stand Up For Shakespeare America

• Guest Artist -Writer/Director

  • 2010 - 2011

  After members of the RSC’s Education Department attended a production of Donald Margulies’ play Shipwrecked!, which I directed in July of 2010, I was recruited to join the RSC’s new collaboration with the Ohio State University. My first assignment was to write and direct a touring version of Romeo and Juliet. Our production utilized three actors and was hailed by students and teachers throughout central Ohio as a “huge success.” I was subsequently retained to adapt a tour version of Macbeth. After members of the RSC’s Education Department attended a production of Donald Margulies’ play Shipwrecked!, which I directed in July of 2010, I was recruited to join the RSC’s new collaboration with the Ohio State University. My first assignment was to write and direct a touring version of Romeo and Juliet. Our production utilized three actors and was hailed by students and teachers throughout central Ohio as a “huge success.” I was subsequently retained to adapt a tour version of Macbeth.

• Graduate Teaching Associate - Department of Theatre

  • Sep 2006 - Jun 2009

  I held a Graduate Teaching Appointment at The Ohio State University Department of Theatre. In addition to my own class work I was the instructor of record for fourteen separate university-level classes. I created the syllabi and structured each class to meet the needs of the department curriculum. I received excellent student feedback and was nominated for a university wide teaching award. I held a Graduate Teaching Appointment at The Ohio State University Department of Theatre. In addition to my own class work I was the instructor of record for fourteen separate university-level classes. I created the syllabi and structured each class to meet the needs of the department curriculum. I received excellent student feedback and was nominated for a university wide teaching award.


ACTORS' THEATRE OF COLUMBUS
• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Actor

  • Apr 2007 - Jun 2007


Idaho Shakespeare Festival

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Actor/Teacher with the Shakesperience Tour

  • 2006 - 2006

  Actor/ Teacher - Caliban - The Tempest - ISF Shakesperience - State Tour Responsible in part for devising the educational curriculum for High School theatre workshops Actor/ Teacher - Caliban - The Tempest - ISF Shakesperience - State Tour Responsible in part for devising the educational curriculum for High School theatre workshops



Oregon Shakespeare Festival

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Actor/Teacher with the School Visit Program

  • Sep 2002 - Dec 2004

  I co-created and performed six separate assembly-type programs and four different workshops. For six weeks at a time my partner and I toured grade schools, middle schools and high schools giving performances and teaching acting workshops.

• Actor

  • Feb 2001 - Oct 2003

  I was an acting company member for three seasons with one of the best regional theatres in the United States. I was responsible for learning and performing over fifteen roles in eight separate plays. I also learned and in some cases performed 16 different understudy assignments.


Theatre Banshee
• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• Actor

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

Rubicon Theatre Company
• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Actor

  • Oct 2002 - Dec 2002

Idaho Repertory Theatre
• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• Actor

  • Jun 1999 - Aug 1999

Margaret Peck Summer Theatre
• Actor

  • Jun 1999 - Aug 1999

Montana Shakespeare Company
• Actor

  • Jun 1998 - Aug 1998

Fort Peck Summer Theatre
• United States
• Performing Arts
• Actor

  • Jun 1995 - Aug 1995